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Jun 1, 20245 min read
Free English language classes boost the city’s population and create a more vibrant economy | The Homepage
By Beth Marcello When Mhra Moe arrived in Pittsburgh with her husband and baby daughter as refugees from Myanmar in 2014, she was fluent...
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Jun 1, 20244 min read
What do poetry and soy sauce have to do with air quality? | The Homepage
Air quality monitoring project aims to put advocacy tools in students’ hands By Juliet Martinez, managing editor Surrounded by art...
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Jun 1, 20242 min read
A night to celebrate Pittsburgh’s poetry history | The Homepage
District 5 City Councilor Barb Warwick helps Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange mark 50 years By Ziggy Edwards for Junction Coalition About 100...
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May 1, 20244 min read
Property title program helps heirs keep homes in the family | The Homepage
By Ann Belser Irene Clark, an attorney for a nonprofit who has worked to help transfer titles to the survivors of deceased homeowners,...
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May 1, 20243 min read
Parkway rebuild may threaten homes in The Run | The Homepage
The Run and the Parkway East By Ziggy Edwards and Ray Gerard for Junction Coalition Bob Geisler found Four Mile Run (known as The Run) by...
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May 1, 20241 min read
First look at the new homes on Flowers Avenue in Hazelwood | The Homepage
Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, selling for $205,000 By Nancy Noszka In the ever-evolving landscape of real estate, new-construction homes...
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Apr 1, 20242 min read
MacKenzie Scott gives Hazelwood CDC $2M | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez, managing editor In March, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Hazelwood Initiative Inc. as an Open Call awardee...
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Mar 1, 20244 min read
Proclamation marks ‘Homer and Ursula Craig Day’ in Pittsburgh | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez, Managing Editor Generations of the Craig family joined friends and neighbors at Pittsburgh City Council chambers on...
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Feb 1, 20245 min read
Jewish police officer David Shifren begins his next chapter | The Homepage
By David Rullo for Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle Like a serialized detective story, David Shifren’s life has been written across volumes,...
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Feb 1, 20244 min read
A neighborhood changed forever: The Parkway East and Four Mile Run | The Homepage
By Ziggy Edwards Carol Rizzo Hopkins, 81, lived in Four Mile Run until moving to upper Greenfield at age 14. She clearly remembers a...
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Feb 1, 20244 min read
Five new council members sworn in | The Homepage
By Ann Belser It was a complete change of roles for the Wagner-Mosely family. For years, Chelsa Wagner has been the member of the family...
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Dec 1, 20236 min read
Hazelwood Green workforce efforts must clear roadblocks to living-wage careers | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez, managing editor Indea Brimage always saw herself working in a medical setting. “Every time I go to the emergency room...
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Dec 1, 20233 min read
Three ways to have an Earth-friendly holiday season | The Homepage
By Amanda Gillooly for Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) With the Climate Clock ticking, it’s never been more urgent for a societal...
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Nov 1, 20233 min read
Dist. 5 residents voice priorities for 2024 budget | The Homepage
By Ziggy Edwards and Juliet Martinez On Oct. 24, about 60 Pittsburghers gathered at the Pittsburgh Firefighters Local in Hazelwood for a...
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Nov 1, 20233 min read
Hopes are high for Second Ave. cooperative grocery store | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez The team working on developing a grocery store on the 4800 block of Second Avenue in Hazelwood has expanded to include...
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Nov 1, 20233 min read
PWSA’s planned 70% rate increases are subject of PUC hearing | The Homepage
By Ann Belser For the last five months, more than 5,000 pages of testimony and exhibits have been flowing into the Pennsylvania Public...
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Nov 1, 20234 min read
Got overheated urban areas? Plant trees | The Homepage
By Betul Tuncer If you walked the streets of Pittsburgh in early October, you may have sweated a bit. While climate change has raised...
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Sep 30, 20233 min read
Plastic bag ban starts Oct. 14 | The Homepage
By Ann Belser We have one month left to forget our reusable bags in the car and use store-provided plastic bags when we go shopping: The...
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Sep 29, 20234 min read
Equity One-Stop Shop affordable rental unit for ‘marginalized and disenfranchised’ | The Homepage
By James Paul Deep in Hazelwood, a sleepy house came alive on Sept. 14. Music floated into the long-abandoned halls and children...
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Sep 1, 20233 min read
Work on new, kid-approved playground begins in The Run | The Homepage
By Ziggy Edwards and Ray Gerard for Junction Coalition The Four Mile Run playground at the corner of Four Mile Run Road and Boundary...
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